Dr. Ketayun Gould is professor emeritus in the School of Social Work, University of Illinois. Her writings have dealt with two main areas: feminist theory models and practice frameworks in the area of women and ethnic minority concerns; and historical and demographic studies of the Parsi Zarathushti community in India. One of her projects is to author a book on the historical and demographic decline of the Parsi Zoroastrian community in the rural and urban areas of Gujarat, India.